1. Who is U.N. Owen? What do we learn about him in the novel’s opening pages?
He is rumoured to have bought indian island.
2. Where does the story take place? Describe the primary setting of And Then There Were None with as much detail as possible.
The story takes place on a creepy island called Indian Island, off the Devon coast, in the 1930's. The mood at the beginning is happy and weird, because these ten people have all been invited for dinner on the island by the same person, and all ten of them have scary pasts
3. How and why is Indian Island so important to the narrative (Story)?
Indian island is important to the story because you always know who is around you, and because you can't leave, the only way to get on and off is by the rare times the boat come back and forth.
4. Identify the ten guests who have been invited to Indian Island, giving their names and backgrounds.
MR. Justice Wargrave: The reptilian old man, known in the press and the courts as a "hanging judge" had the blood of countless prisoners on his hands. How many of them were innocent? •Vera Clayhorne: An ex-governess with a coroner's Inquest in her pas, she had been completely absolved of all guilt, she explained even the boy's mother hadn't blamed her. •Emily Brent: A sixty-five-year-old spinster whose troubled dreams and rambling diary were the only indications of a disturbed- and perhaps dangerous-mind. • General Macathur: His life, as far as he was concerned, had ended in the trenches in the Great War. "I'll never leave Indian Island alive" he said to anyone who would listen. • Dr. Armstrong: At first the physician was a convenient dispencer of sedatives and diagnostician of cause of death, but later the others remembered that he was the only one who had easy access to poison. •Anthony Marston: Like a young bronzed god, he came careening into their lives as if he would live forever. His stunning strength provided pitifully inadequate against that of his unknown adversary. •Mr. Blore: The blunt, bearlike ex C.I.D. man tried to pass himself off as an African colonial, but when the fame was up he amused himself by suspecting everyone else's motives. •MR and Mrs. Rogers: The stammering butler and white bloodless cook fort the strange gathering on Indian Island had been the perfect servants, as the others learned when circumstances forced them to fend for themselves. 5. Did any of these individuals – when you first encountered them in the introductory Cast of Characters, or in the following pages – strike you as especially sinister? (If so, which one and why?)
Threatening? Anthony Marston because he didnt care about anyone but himself. Mr. Blore because he was hideing his true identity which was very odd. Mr. Justice Wargrave because he seems like he is hiding something but makes himself look as though he is only helping himself. General Macarther because he states that he will not leave the island alive witch is slightly suspicious. Dr. Armstrong because his conscience has been eating at him for so long after killing his patient because he was drunk.
Harmless? Mr. and Mrs. Rogers because they are to afraid to do anything bad to upset there enploier. Emily Berent because she is old and has been raised to be a very gental proper lady. Vera Claythorn because she just seems like a nice worman who wouldnt try to kill anyone.
6. Describe the poem Vera Claythorne finds on display above the mantel in her bedroom (in ch 2). What kind of poem is it? The poem describes ten indian boys which die off one by one untill there is only one boy left. It's a nursery rhyme.
7. How are the poem’s meaning and imagery changed by its context in this novel? The meaning and imagery changed to portray death, because of the way Vera found it around the house on Indian Island.
8. How does the poem relate to the centerpiece of small china figures that first appears in the subsequent dinner scene (in Ch.3)? It relates because there are ten little figures, ten people and one keeps going missing when they start to die.
9. How does this poem relate to the larger plot or structure of the novel? (You may need to come back to this question after reading the rest of the novel.)
10. In chapter 3, the ten guests are gathered for their after-dinner coffee when suddenly an “inhuman, penetrating” voice begins to speak to them, one which has been prerecorded on a phonograph record. What exactly does “The Voice” accuse each guest of doing? Be specific.
The voice said " You are charged with the following indictments Edward George Armstrong, that you did upon the 14th day of march, in 1925, caused the death of louisa mary clees. Emily Caroline Brent, that upon the 5th of november 1931 you were responcible for the death of Beatrice taylor. William Henry Blore, that you brought about the death of James Stephen on October 10th, 1928 Vera Elizabeth Claythorne, that on the 11th day of August,1935, you killed Cyril ogilvie Hamilton Philip Lombard, that upon a date in February, 1932 you were guilty of the death of twenty one, members of an East African Tribe. John Gordon Macarthur, that on the 4th of January 1917, you deliberatly sent your wife's lover, Arthur Richmond, to his death. Anthony James Marston, that upon the 14th day of november last, you were guilty of the murder of John and Lucy Combes. Lawrence John Wargrave that upon the 10th day of june, 1930, you were guilty of the murder of Edward Seton. Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence" CHAPTERS 4 & 5
11. Who dies at the end of chapter 4? Anthony Marston
12. Look at the victim’s last words, and then explain the irony or black comedy of this particular murder, given these final comments.
His last words were ironic because he said he was all up for crime, and that he wanted to solve the mystery. But ends up being the first one killed.
13. In part 5 of chapter 5, we learn the following about General Macarthur: “He knew, suddenly, that he didn’t want to leave this island.” Why do you think he knows this? Provide as many reasons as you can. I think he knows tis because the general is under a lot of strain and believes that the island is an escape from his life back home.
What is the general going through? Describe his state of mind – what it is, and what it might be. The general is going through a rough patch. His state of mind is off and wandering, remembering about the terrible things he did and trying to forget them.
CHAPTER 6 & 7
14. How does Mrs. Rogers meet her demise in chapter 6? She was suspected to die from heart problems or poisoning, but it was not confirmed.
15. Why does Mr. Blore immediately suspect that Mrs. Rogers was killed by her husband, the butler? Explain Mr. Blore’s accusation, pointing out its strengths and shortcomings.
He thought that Mr.Rogers was afraid of his wife admitting to killing the woman
16. In part 3 of chapter 7, Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong discuss the two deaths that have occurred thus far. Why do they conclude that both deaths must have been acts of murder?
Because there are too many coincidences happening, two people dying less than 12 hours apart, the little figures on the table going missing, and everyone being accused of murder.
How does this conclusion relate to the absence of Mr. Owen?
It relates because how does Mr.Owen know what they've all done and why is not there on the island.
Why do Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong then agree to enlist Mr. Blore in their search mission?
Because he is a detective and is big and can help them if they do run into anyone on the island.
What and where do they plan to search?
They plan to search the island, around the house.
CHAPTER 8 & 9
17. Reread the last sentence of chapter 8. Identify the possible as well as the inevitable implications of this last sentence – for the plot of this novel and the fate of its characters. "There was no one on the island but their eight selves."
If there is only the 8 people on the island that means that one of them must have killed those two people. But they all have been together when they were killed. This means that only one person will leave the island in the end.
18. What sort of threshold has been crossed, and how is the story different from this point on?
A mental threshold has been crossed. The story is different from this point because they know that everyone is a suspect until they die.
19. After the murdered body of General Macarthur is discovered, the seven remaining characters participate in an informal yet serious court session to “establish the facts” of what has transpired since their arrival at Indian Island. Who is the leader of this parlor-room inquest? Does this appointment seem fitting? Why or why not?
Mr. Justice Wargrave. Yes it does because he is a judge and gathers people together in an orderly fashion for a living.
How do the other six characters react to this leader’s questions and conclusions?
They all try to find explanations for each others cases, and react with frustration.
How do they react to one another’s accusations? They think that they are hateful of each other. And that they are being judged on status, character and probability.
20. In your view, who seemed most likely to be guilty at this point in the narrative, and who seemed most likely to be innocent?
I think Dr. Armstrong would be most likely to be guilty right now because he had access to drugs that could kill both Mr. Marston and Mrs. Rogers, and could supply a blow hard enough to kill General Macarthur.
CHAPTER 10 & 11
21. In part 4 of chapter 10 we encounter Miss Emily Brent at work on her diary. She seems to be nodding off while sitting at the window and writing in her notebook. “The pencil straggled drunkenly in her fingers,” we read. “In shaking loose capitals she wrote: THE MURDERER’S NAME IS BEATRICE TAYLOR... Her eyes closed. Suddenly, with a start, she awoke.”
What do you make of this passage? What does it mean? Why would Miss Brent jot down such a statement? Think about what you have learned about Miss Brent’s background, mentality, spiritual outlook, and idea of right and wrong when answering these questions.
I think that Miss Brent is subcontiously remembering how she blamed Beatrice for getting pregnant and didnt embrace her as she should have. This means hat Miss Brent is going mad. I think she wrote it down because she thought that Beatrice murdered her faith and her life, just like the person who is killing them off one by one is doing.
22. As chapter 11 begins, what is different about the arrangement of the china figure Indians in the dining room? How many are now in the table’s centerpiece – and what does this number tell you?
There are only six figures meaning that someone died in the night.
23. How has Mr. Rogers been killed?
He was killed by being hit in the back of the head by an axe.
24. At the end of this chapter, everyone is having a hearty breakfast, being “very polite” as they address one another, and “behaving normally” in all other ways. Does this make sense to you? Explain why or why not. What else is going on?
It makes sense to me because they all want each other to believe that they aren't the killer, s they act on their best behaviour
25. Read the conclusion of chapter 11 and then comment on the thoughts and fears these characters are experiencing.
CHAPTER 12 & 13
26. How is Miss Brent murdered, and why is Dr. Armstrong immediately suspected of committing this crime?
She was murdered from being injected with potassium cyanide in the neck. The doctor was the first to be accused because he was the only one in the house with access to a syringe filled with potassium cyanide.
27. What telltale item in the doctor’s possession turns up missing?
A hypodermic syringe goes missing from his medical bag.
28. What item originally in Mr. Lombard’s possession also disappears?
His revolver goes missing.
29. Five people are still alive as chapter 13 begins. In the second paragraph, we read: “And all of them, suddenly, looked less like human beings. They were reverting to more bestial types.” Explain this behavior, and provide several example of it by referring to the text of the novel.
This is suggesting that the characters in the story act less like humans because humans instinctively care about each other and all of a sudden its everyone for themselves. No one can be trusted. When Blore suspects Lombard, Lombard snaps back at him saying "You damned pig-headed fool! I tell you it's been stolen from me!" showing the reader that everyone is on the edge here emotionally.
30. Is this similar to how you yourself would behave if placed in this horrific situation? Explain why or why not. This is not how i would act if in a situation like this, becuase it will do no good to sit around accusing everyone. i would go and sugest that everyone should stay in a group of three, and that at no time should anyone be alone. In this situation I would most likely be the one taking charge, and keeping my wits about me. 31. Earlier in the narrative, both a ball of gray wool and a red shower curtain suddenly go missing. How and where do these items reappear? These items reappear on the judge to go along with the poem that "Five little Indian boys going in for law; one got in Chancery and then there were four.".
32. At the end of chapter 13, Mr. Lombard exclaims, “How Edward Seton would laugh if he were here! God, how he’d laugh!” Identify the implied, potential, and literal meanings of this “outburst [that] shocked and startled the others.”
It's shocking because Edward Seton is the man that the judge killed, so the judge's death is ironic and would be funny to Edward Seton.
CHAPTER 14- END
33. The narrative of And Then There Were None seems to become more detailed – and carefully descriptive and deliberately paced – as it draws to a close. In chapter 14, for instance, we encounter extended interior monologues involving Miss Claythorne and ex-Inspector Blore. Why do you suppose the author begins to focus on her characters in this way, and at this moment in the tale?
I think that the author starts to focus in because she is trying to get us into the minds of the remaining people. Since there are only the two left she wants us to see how each are reacting to what each other do, thinking that the other must be the killer.
What do we learn from the private thoughts of these two characters?
How do their ideas and impressions in chapter 14 advance the story?
34. What happens to Dr. Armstrong? How and when does he disappear?
He goes missing. He dissapears by running out of the house in the middle of the night.
35. How is Mr. Blore murdered, and why do Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard suspect that Dr. Armstrong is Mr. Blore’s killer?
He is killed by a big bear shaped piece of marble falling on his head from the window above. They suspect Dr. Armstrong because he wasn't with them, and has been gone all night.
36. When you reached the point where Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard are the only two characters remaining, which one did you think was the murderer? Or did you suspect someone else? Use quotes from the novel to support your answer.
I suspected that Mr. Lombard was the killer because when Vera took the gun from him instead of standing there and letting her keep the gun, he charged at her and tried to take it.
37. Who kills Philip Lombard?
Vera Claythorne
38. Who, ultimately, is responsible for the death of Vera Claythorne?
Her conscience kills her in the end.
EPILOGUE
39. Look again at the book’s Epilogue. Who are the detectives in charge of solving these crimes?
Sir Thomas Legge, Assistant Comissioner at Scotland Yard Inspector Maine.
Are they able to come up with any answers? Evaluate their success, identifying the points on which they are correct and those on which they are incorrect in their reconstruction of the events on Indian Island.
Yes they come up with many answers and many conclusions to what might have happened. Their success was not great but it was fairly accurate considering that they had know clue what happened there except for the diaries the people kept. They are correct on the first 6 murder because of the notes General Wargrave made. After that, they read that Armstrong went missing, so they got that correct, but after they assumed that Armstrong was drowned, that he killed everyone then tryed to commit suicide by throwing himself off the cliff, and that he tried to swim to the mainland. They were incorrect when they saide that Lambard pushed the older on Blore, hanged Vera and then shot himself. They were wrong when they said that Vera shot Lombard, pushed the bolder onto Blore then hung herself. They were also wrong when they thought that Blore shot Lambard, made Vera hang herself, then somehw toppled a bolder onto his own head. They were right however when they thought that there was a person alive on the island to clean everything up after.
40. Who is the murderer? How is his or her identity revealed? Mr. Justice Wargrave is the murderer. His identitt id revealed in a letter he puts out to sea revealing his plan and how he carried it out.
41. Who is the mysterious Mr. Owen? Mr. Owen is Mr. Justice Wargrave
42. Were you satisfied with the novel’s conclusion? And were you surprised by it?
I was satisfied because I liked the way they told you how it all happened, but I was not so surprised that the Judge after seeing all those people being tried, wanted a tase of blood.
43. Did you, as a reader and an armchair detective, find the ending fully credible and plausible? Did the murderer’s “confession” seem fitting and appropriate to you? Explain your answers.
Yes it did to me because it makes sense to me that a murderer wouldn't want to kill without being recognised for it. And him being a romantic makes it tie up perfectly when he puts the bottle in the water making his confession have a 99.9% chance of ever finding the police department.
Define the term “red herring”. an idiomatic expression referring to a rhetorical tactic of diverting attention away from an item of significance.
44. And Then There Were None is generally seen as one of the best mystery novels ever published. What are the clues in this mystery? What are the red herrings? The clues are the ten little indian's nursery rhyme, and the accusations on the record. The red herrings are the alliances made between the judge and everyone else, also when the judge "dies" is another red herring.
opening pages?
He is rumoured to have bought indian island.
2. Where does the story take place? Describe the primary setting of
And Then There Were None with as much detail as possible.
The story takes place on a creepy island called Indian Island, off the Devon coast, in the 1930's.
The mood at the beginning is happy and weird, because these ten people have all been invited for dinner on the island by the same person, and all ten of them have scary pasts
3. How and why is Indian Island so important to the narrative (Story)?
Indian island is important to the story because you always know who is around you, and because you can't leave, the only way to get on and off is by the rare times the boat come back and forth.
4. Identify the ten guests who have been invited to Indian Island, giving
their names and backgrounds.
MR. Justice Wargrave: The reptilian old man, known in the press and the courts as a "hanging judge" had the blood of countless prisoners on his hands. How many of them were innocent?
•Vera Clayhorne: An ex-governess with a coroner's Inquest in her pas, she had been completely absolved of all guilt, she explained even the boy's mother hadn't blamed her.
•Emily Brent: A sixty-five-year-old spinster whose troubled dreams and rambling diary were the only indications of a disturbed- and perhaps dangerous-mind.
• General Macathur: His life, as far as he was concerned, had ended in the trenches in the Great War. "I'll never leave Indian Island alive" he said to anyone who would listen.
• Dr. Armstrong: At first the physician was a convenient dispencer of sedatives and diagnostician of cause of death, but later the others remembered that he was the only one who had easy access to poison.
•Anthony Marston: Like a young bronzed god, he came careening into their lives as if he would live forever. His stunning strength provided pitifully inadequate against that of his unknown adversary.
•Mr. Blore: The blunt, bearlike ex C.I.D. man tried to pass himself off as an African colonial, but when the fame was up he amused himself by suspecting everyone else's motives.
•MR and Mrs. Rogers: The stammering butler and white bloodless cook fort the strange gathering on Indian Island had been the perfect servants, as the others learned when circumstances forced them to fend for themselves.
5. Did any of these individuals – when you first encountered them in
the introductory Cast of Characters, or in the following pages –
strike you as especially sinister? (If so, which one and why?)
Threatening?
Anthony Marston because he didnt care about anyone but himself.
Mr. Blore because he was hideing his true identity which was very odd.
Mr. Justice Wargrave because he seems like he is hiding something but makes himself look as though he is only helping himself.
General Macarther because he states that he will not leave the island alive witch is slightly suspicious.
Dr. Armstrong because his conscience has been eating at him for so long after killing his patient because he was drunk.
Harmless?
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers because they are to afraid to do anything bad to upset there enploier.
Emily Berent because she is old and has been raised to be a very gental proper lady.
Vera Claythorn because she just seems like a nice worman who wouldnt try to kill anyone.
6. Describe the poem Vera Claythorne finds on display above the
mantel in her bedroom (in ch 2). What kind of poem is it?
The poem describes ten indian boys which die off one by one untill there is only one boy left. It's a nursery rhyme.
7. How are the poem’s meaning and imagery changed by its context in
this novel?
The meaning and imagery changed to portray death, because of the way Vera found it around the house on Indian Island.
8. How does the poem relate to the centerpiece of small china figures
that first appears in the subsequent dinner scene (in Ch.3)?
It relates because there are ten little figures, ten people and one keeps going missing when they start to die.
9. How does this poem relate to the larger plot or structure of the
novel? (You may need to come back to this question after reading the rest of the novel.)
10. In chapter 3, the ten guests are gathered for their after-dinner
coffee when suddenly an “inhuman, penetrating” voice begins to
speak to them, one which has been prerecorded on a phonograph
record.
What exactly does “The Voice” accuse each guest of doing? Be specific.
The voice said " You are charged with the following indictments
Edward George Armstrong, that you did upon the 14th day of march, in 1925, caused the death of louisa mary clees.
Emily Caroline Brent, that upon the 5th of november 1931 you were responcible for the death of Beatrice taylor.
William Henry Blore, that you brought about the death of James Stephen on October 10th, 1928
Vera Elizabeth Claythorne, that on the 11th day of August,1935, you killed Cyril ogilvie Hamilton
Philip Lombard, that upon a date in February, 1932 you were guilty of the death of twenty one, members of an East African Tribe.
John Gordon Macarthur, that on the 4th of January 1917, you deliberatly sent your wife's lover, Arthur Richmond, to his death.
Anthony James Marston, that upon the 14th day of november last, you were guilty of the murder of John and Lucy Combes.
Lawrence John Wargrave that upon the 10th day of june, 1930, you were guilty of the murder of Edward Seton.
Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence"
CHAPTERS 4 & 5
11. Who dies at the end of chapter 4?
Anthony Marston
12. Look at the victim’s last words, and then explain the irony or black
comedy of this particular murder, given these final comments.
His last words were ironic because he said he was all up for crime, and that he wanted to solve the mystery. But ends up being the first one killed.
13. In part 5 of chapter 5, we learn the following about General
Macarthur: “He knew, suddenly, that he didn’t want to leave this
island.”
Why do you think he knows this? Provide as many reasons as you
can.
I think he knows tis because the general is under a lot of strain and believes that the island is an escape from his life back home.
What is the general going through? Describe his state of mind –
what it is, and what it might be.
The general is going through a rough patch. His state of mind is off and wandering, remembering about the terrible things he did and trying to forget them.
CHAPTER 6 & 7
14. How does Mrs. Rogers meet her demise in chapter 6?
She was suspected to die from heart problems or poisoning, but it was not confirmed.
15. Why does Mr. Blore immediately suspect that Mrs. Rogers was killed by her husband, the butler? Explain Mr.
Blore’s accusation, pointing out its strengths and shortcomings.
He thought that Mr.Rogers was afraid of his wife admitting to killing the woman
16. In part 3 of chapter 7, Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong discuss the
two deaths that have occurred thus far.
Why do they conclude that both deaths must have been acts of
murder?
Because there are too many coincidences happening, two people dying less than 12 hours apart, the little figures on the table going missing, and everyone being accused of murder.
How does this conclusion relate to the absence of Mr. Owen?
It relates because how does Mr.Owen know what they've all done and why is not there on the island.
Why do Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong then agree to enlist Mr.
Blore in their search mission?
Because he is a detective and is big and can help them if they do run into anyone on the island.
What and where do they plan to search?
They plan to search the island, around the house.
CHAPTER 8 & 9
17. Reread the last sentence of chapter 8. Identify the possible as well
as the inevitable implications of this last sentence – for the plot of
this novel and the fate of its characters. "There was no one on the island but their eight selves."
If there is only the 8 people on the island that means that one of them must have killed those two people. But they all have been together when they were killed.
This means that only one person will leave the island in the end.
18. What sort of threshold has been crossed, and how is the story
different from this point on?
A mental threshold has been crossed. The story is different from this point because they know that everyone is a suspect until they die.
19. After the murdered body of General Macarthur is discovered, the
seven remaining characters participate in an informal yet serious
court session to “establish the facts” of what has transpired since
their arrival at Indian Island.
Who is the leader of this parlor-room inquest? Does this
appointment seem fitting? Why or why not?
Mr. Justice Wargrave. Yes it does because he is a judge and gathers people together in an orderly fashion for a living.
How do the other six characters react to this leader’s questions and
conclusions?
They all try to find explanations for each others cases, and react with frustration.
How do they react to one another’s accusations?
They think that they are hateful of each other. And that they are being judged on status, character and probability.
20. In your view, who seemed most likely to be guilty at this point in the
narrative, and who seemed most likely to be innocent?
I think Dr. Armstrong would be most likely to be guilty right now because he had access to drugs that could kill both Mr. Marston and Mrs. Rogers, and could supply a blow hard enough to kill General Macarthur.
CHAPTER 10 & 11
21. In part 4 of chapter 10 we encounter Miss Emily Brent at work on her
diary. She seems to be nodding off while sitting at the window and writing
in her notebook. “The pencil straggled drunkenly in her fingers,” we read.
“In shaking loose capitals she wrote: THE MURDERER’S NAME IS
BEATRICE TAYLOR... Her eyes closed. Suddenly, with a start, she
awoke.”
What do you make of this passage? What does it mean? Why would Miss
Brent jot down such a statement? Think about what you have learned
about Miss Brent’s background, mentality, spiritual outlook, and idea of
right and wrong when answering these questions.
I think that Miss Brent is subcontiously remembering how she blamed Beatrice for getting pregnant and didnt embrace her as she should have. This means hat Miss Brent is going mad. I think she wrote it down because she thought that Beatrice murdered her faith and her life, just like the person who is killing them off one by one is doing.
22. As chapter 11 begins, what is different about the arrangement
of the china figure Indians in the dining room? How many are now
in the table’s centerpiece – and what does this number tell you?
There are only six figures meaning that someone died in the night.
23. How has Mr. Rogers been killed?
He was killed by being hit in the back of the head by an axe.
24. At the end of this chapter, everyone is having a hearty breakfast,
being “very polite” as they address one another, and “behaving
normally” in all other ways.
Does this make sense to you? Explain why or why not. What
else is going on?
It makes sense to me because they all want each other to believe that they aren't the killer, s they act on their best behaviour
25. Read the conclusion of chapter 11 and then comment on the
thoughts and fears these characters are experiencing.
CHAPTER 12 & 13
26. How is Miss Brent murdered, and why is Dr. Armstrong
immediately suspected of committing this crime?
She was murdered from being injected with potassium cyanide in the neck. The doctor was the first to be accused because he was the only one in the house with access to a syringe filled with potassium cyanide.
27. What telltale item in the doctor’s possession turns up missing?
A hypodermic syringe goes missing from his medical bag.
28. What item originally in Mr. Lombard’s possession also
disappears?
His revolver goes missing.
29. Five people are still alive as chapter 13 begins. In the second
paragraph, we read: “And all of them, suddenly, looked less like
human beings. They were reverting to more bestial types.”
Explain this behavior, and provide several example of it by
referring to the text of the novel.
This is suggesting that the characters in the story act less like humans because humans instinctively care about each other and all of a sudden its everyone for themselves. No one can be trusted. When Blore suspects Lombard, Lombard snaps back at him saying "You damned pig-headed fool! I tell you it's been stolen from me!" showing the reader that everyone is on the edge here emotionally.
30. Is this similar to how you yourself would behave if placed in this
horrific situation? Explain why or why not.
This is not how i would act if in a situation like this, becuase it will do no good to sit around accusing everyone. i would go and sugest that everyone should stay in a group of three, and that at no time should anyone be alone. In this situation I would most likely be the one taking charge, and keeping my wits about me.
31. Earlier in the narrative, both a ball of gray wool and a red
shower curtain suddenly go missing. How and where do these
items reappear?
These items reappear on the judge to go along with the poem that "Five little Indian boys going in for law; one got in Chancery and then there were four.".
32. At the end of chapter 13, Mr. Lombard exclaims, “How Edward
Seton would laugh if he were here! God, how he’d laugh!”
Identify the implied, potential, and literal meanings of this
“outburst [that] shocked and startled the others.”
It's shocking because Edward Seton is the man that the judge killed, so the judge's death is ironic and would be funny to Edward Seton.
CHAPTER 14- END
33. The narrative of And Then There Were None seems to become
more detailed – and carefully descriptive and deliberately paced
– as it draws to a close. In chapter 14, for instance, we
encounter extended interior monologues involving Miss
Claythorne and ex-Inspector Blore.
Why do you suppose the author begins to focus on her
characters in this way, and at this moment in the tale?
I think that the author starts to focus in because she is trying to get us into the minds of the remaining people. Since there are only the two left she wants us to see how each are reacting to what each other do, thinking that the other must be the killer.
What do we learn from the private thoughts of these two
characters?
How do their ideas and impressions in chapter 14 advance the
story?
34. What happens to Dr. Armstrong? How and when does he
disappear?
He goes missing. He dissapears by running out of the house in the middle of the night.
35. How is Mr. Blore murdered, and why do Miss Claythorne and
Mr. Lombard suspect that Dr. Armstrong is Mr. Blore’s killer?
He is killed by a big bear shaped piece of marble falling on his head from the window above.
They suspect Dr. Armstrong because he wasn't with them, and has been gone all night.
36. When you reached the point where Miss Claythorne and Mr.
Lombard are the only two characters remaining, which one did
you think was the murderer? Or did you suspect someone else?
Use quotes from the novel to support your answer.
I suspected that Mr. Lombard was the killer because when Vera took the gun from him instead of standing there and letting her keep the gun, he charged at her and tried to take it.
37. Who kills Philip Lombard?
Vera Claythorne
38. Who, ultimately, is responsible for the death of Vera
Claythorne?
Her conscience kills her in the end.
EPILOGUE
39. Look again at the book’s Epilogue. Who are the detectives in
charge of solving these crimes?
Sir Thomas Legge, Assistant Comissioner at Scotland Yard
Inspector Maine.
Are they able to come up with any answers? Evaluate their
success, identifying the points on which they are correct and those
on which they are incorrect in their reconstruction of the events on
Indian Island.
Yes they come up with many answers and many conclusions to what might have happened.
Their success was not great but it was fairly accurate considering that they had know clue what happened there except for the diaries the people kept.
They are correct on the first 6 murder because of the notes General Wargrave made. After that, they read that Armstrong went missing, so they got that correct, but after they assumed that Armstrong was drowned, that he killed everyone then tryed to commit suicide by throwing himself off the cliff, and that he tried to swim to the mainland. They were incorrect when they saide that Lambard pushed the older on Blore, hanged Vera and then shot himself. They were wrong when they said that Vera shot Lombard, pushed the bolder onto Blore then hung herself. They were also wrong when they thought that Blore shot Lambard, made Vera hang herself, then somehw toppled a bolder onto his own head. They were right however when they thought that there was a person alive on the island to clean everything up after.
40. Who is the murderer? How is his or her identity revealed?
Mr. Justice Wargrave is the murderer. His identitt id revealed in a letter he puts out to sea revealing his plan and how he carried it out.
41. Who is the mysterious Mr. Owen?
Mr. Owen is Mr. Justice Wargrave
42. Were you satisfied with the novel’s conclusion? And were you
surprised by it?
I was satisfied because I liked the way they told you how it all happened, but I was not so surprised that the Judge after seeing all those people being tried, wanted a tase of blood.
43. Did you, as a reader and an armchair detective, find the ending
fully credible and plausible? Did the murderer’s “confession”
seem fitting and appropriate to you? Explain your answers.
Yes it did to me because it makes sense to me that a murderer wouldn't want to kill without being recognised for it. And him being a romantic makes it tie up perfectly when he puts the bottle in the water making his confession have a 99.9% chance of ever finding the police department.
Define the term “red herring”.
an idiomatic expression referring to a rhetorical tactic of diverting attention away from an item of significance.
44. And Then There Were None is generally seen as one of the
best mystery novels ever published. What are the clues in this
mystery? What are the red herrings?
The clues are the ten little indian's nursery rhyme, and the accusations on the record.
The red herrings are the alliances made between the judge and everyone else, also when the judge "dies" is another red herring.